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Cristina Temenos
28 days ago
Thanks to
@itsbethperry.bsky.social
&
@goodfellowtom.bsky.social
for inviting me to their
#UrbanRadar
podcast to talk about my
#UKRI_FLF
on health crises. It's a privilege to talk about this work. I hope some of it is useful to those working in this space
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22. CRISIS, PUBLIC HEALTH & THE CITY: A conversation with Cristina Temenos - Urban Radar
In this episode Beth and Tom are joined by Cristina Temenos from the University of Manchester to discuss a wide range of issues from trust in medicine, responses to COVID-19 and experimentation and ev...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/episodes/18780519
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Cristina Temenos
28 days ago
Health crises are difficult, and crisis in urban research is complex, and there's still so much to learn.
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Manchester University Press
about 2 months ago
Our new Queer and Trans Histories series creates a home for cutting‑edge work on past and present LGBTQ+ lives. We’re looking for proposals grounded in rich empirical work and innovative approaches to intimacy, emotion, silence, and subjectivity.
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Cristina Temenos
2 months ago
This week the UN ECOSOC’s Partnership Forum is foregrounding cities via SDG 11, on sustainable, inclusive urban futures. A good reminder from this
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piece on the imperatives & paradoxes of gender mainstreaming in urban policy & theory
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“Let them sing!” The paradoxes of gender mainstreaming in urban policy and urban scholarship
The early twenty first century has been a defining period for urbanization at a global scale. There is an urgent imperative to bring a gender analysis into debates on urbanization in this period of...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02723638.2021.1888556#abstract
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Jamie Doucette
2 months ago
Important piece by my friend and colleague Anders Riel Muller.
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Adoption as banishment: Why Korea's adoptees deserve more than symbolic redress - The Korea Times
The renewal of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for a third mandate on Jan. 29 offers a new opportunity to address the unresolved adop...
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/globalcommunity/20260202/adoption-as-banishment-why-koreas-adoptees-deserve-more-than-symbolic-redress
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Cristina Temenos
about 2 months ago
Successful policies are ‘made’ to fail on political grounds all the time, in the case of drug policy this usually has deadly consequences. I’ve written about the ways governments construct those failures discursively and materially
www.ijurr.org/article/from...
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The People's Papers
about 2 months ago
With a fantastic lineup of speakers 🤩 Join us online on Thursday, February 19th at 3pm (UK time)! RSVP via Eventbrite for the Zoom link:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-w...
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Podcast with Juia Mortimer and visiting CPE member Felipe Magalhaes.
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Cristina Temenos
4 months ago
Great to have
@felmagalhaes.bsky.social
present his current work at our final
@cperguom.bsky.social
seminar of the term. Discussion ranged from deindustrialisation in the context of authoritarian neoliberalism to futbol and populism. Looking forward to the book!
@uomseed.bsky.social
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Jamie Doucette
4 months ago
Last year I recorded a podcast while visiting U Mich. It's just been published. The series is about personal and professional career paths. Lot's of talk about the 1990s alter-globalization movement, the problem with the IVY league, Oxbridge, and the North American tenure-track system... 1/2
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How Did You Get Here? | Power and Resistance with Dr. Jamie Doucette | Korea in Maize & Blue
Bringing a background in activism to the study of democratization and economics, Dr. Jamie Doucette provides food for thought on modernity, American politics, academic labor rights, and structures of ...
https://korea-in-maize-blue.simplecast.com/episodes/how-did-you-get-here-inside-academia-with-dr-jamie-doucette
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Feminist City
4 months ago
"Technology, the labor process, and the working class" (1976)
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Cristina Temenos
4 months ago
A bit of Vancouver in Manchester! Great to have Jesse Proudfoot giving a
@cperguom.bsky.social
talk about his work on addiction, structural racism and urban politics.
@uomseed.bsky.social
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felipe magalhães
4 months ago
Thank you so much for all the generosity, Cristina! The conversation in the end was great, hopefully we can have more!
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Jamie Doucette
4 months ago
I don't normally post FT content, but, wow, this article is excellent! Surveys a range of actors, initiatives, and critics active in this space. It can feel niche teaching about this so great to see it covered in a single article.
#startupcities
#blockchain
#cryptobros
#neoreaction
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Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
https://www.ft.com/content/b127ee7a-5ac4-4730-a395-c9f9619615c7?shareType=nongift
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The People's Papers
4 months ago
Radio Free People's tapes (via the Liberation News Service, 1971:
jstor.org/stable/community.28039451
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Cristina Temenos
5 months ago
This piece on Locating Crisis, along with the other fascinating commentaries, now has a home in Vol 3.3 of Dialogues in Urban Research!
journals.sagepub.com/toc/DUS/curr...
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felipe magalhães
5 months ago
Outro workshop excelente de geografia crítica, pros doutorandos e recém-doutores. Mais uma vez: hospedagem incluída e possibilidade de passagens.
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The People's Papers
5 months ago
New post up! Learn more about Waterloo Place on the
@officialuom.bsky.social
campus in the 1970s, once home to a whole range of radical political projects and groups.
linktr.ee/peoplespapers
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The People's Papers
5 months ago
Next up: rent strikes, housing co-ops, squatting, communes and more! A housing periodicals appreciation post 🙏
www.instagram.com/peoplespapers
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Jamie Doucette
5 months ago
If anyone is thinking about attending SASE 2026 and looking for a panel on East Asia, democracy, political economy, here's something i'm putting together. Pop me an email if your interests fit and would like to participate. Feels like SASE might be popular this year as many avoid US-based events.
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Cristina Temenos
5 months ago
If you're in Manchester, please join us in the Department of Geography,
@uomseed.bsky.social
Wed 26th November. Dr Jesse Proudfoot will be giving talk on: Connecting symptoms to social causes: Reading carceral urbanism in Chicago through a drug addiction. 3pm HBS, g.33
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Cristina Temenos
5 months ago
A pleasure to speak about recent work on Global Urban Perspectives on Social Work for Innovative Access to Homeless Care at a great event on the Impact of the Specialist Homelessness Social Work Role & Next Steps for Policy & Practice organised by Manchester Council and KCL
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Stefan Bouzarovski
5 months ago
*Job alert* We are advertising two opportunities
@manchester.ac.uk
, linked to the JUST centre (
www.just.ac.uk
) - A Post-Doctoral Research Associate on Social & Built Infrastructure (
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
) - A PhD on Green Skills & Communities (
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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JUST (Dev) | Centre for Joined-up Sustainability Transformations | The University of Manchester
https://www.just.ac.uk
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Cristina Temenos
5 months ago
Wed 5th Nov
@cperguom.bsky.social
Cities, Politics, & Economies Research Group in the Department of Geography & MUI
@uomseed.bsky.social
will host a talk by Dr Rakib Akhtar on: Neoliberalism and Hindutva in the making of an Indian smart city, chaired by
@mehebubsahana.bsky.social
3pm in HBS G33.
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Cristina Temenos
6 months ago
A goal of the
#UKRI
Urban Crisis project is to shift conversations on health inequalities & poverty to see it as a whole person / whole systems issue. So it was such a privilege for our team to co-organise a policy exchange with the Municipality of Athens.
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Experts from three major cities gather to tackle homelessness
Local governments from three major cities in Europe and Latin America gathered in Athens last week for a three-day policy exchange tackling one of the most pressing urban challenges of our time: homel...
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/experts-from-three-major-cities-gather-to-tackle-homelessness/
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The People's Papers
6 months ago
Save the date! We'll have materials to share from
@wcmlibrary.bsky.social
and
@aiucentre.bsky.social
and a roundtable discussion with folks sharing their reflections and experiences from the time. Should be a lively and participatory discussion!
@cperguom.bsky.social
@thejohnrylands.bsky.social
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Feminist City
6 months ago
Went ahead a made a separate account for this archival research -- follow along
@peoplespapers.bsky.social
!
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The People's Papers
6 months ago
Interested to learn more about this People's Papers project? Check out a link of upcoming and past events as well as recent blog posts here:
linktr.ee/peoplespapers
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Another excellent event coming up organized by CPE's Arielle Lawson. See you there!
6 months ago
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The Geographical Journal
6 months ago
Special Section in The GJ: 'Legacies of Austerity', edited by
@smhall.bsky.social
&
@sanvanlan.bsky.social
This
#OpenAccess
collection explores how the lens of legacies can be applied to understand austerity's effects in Europe. Available here⬇️
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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A reminder of our departmental seminar series this autumn.
6 months ago
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Some good speakers coming to GDI this semester.
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Congrats!
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Cristina Temenos
7 months ago
In Athens 26th Sept? Join us for a workshop on Best Practices for Addressing Homelessness Outreach Across Athens, Greece, Manchester U.K., & Santiago, Chile. English translation provided. The event is part of our UKRI Urban Crisis Project and co-sponsored with the Municipality of Athens.
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Remember LOP
7 months ago
Want to hear more about some of the many alternative local newspapers (such as LOP) that sprang up around the UK in the 1970s and 1980s? If so, this online event might just be for you. Thanks to
@feministcity.bsky.social
,
@wcmlibrary.bsky.social
and
@cperguom.bsky.social
, among others.
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Cristina Temenos
7 months ago
The Department of Geography at The University of Manchester has a really full and exciting seminar series this autumn, if you're in town, do come join us!
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Jamie Doucette
7 months ago
It was a pleasure to sit in the passenger seat with Laam Hae's driving on the long journey that became this article. It's focused on her extensive work on the topic here, but I had some modest input with the theoretical framing.... 1/4
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Feminist City
7 months ago
Next up in the
#Manchester
Urban Film series, we're focusing on the city's contested music (and urban) histories. We'll be showing film + interview clips followed by a collective discussion. Learn more and sign up to join us on Sept 25th here:
mancunianway.eventbrite.co.uk
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And another upcoming event with CPE members launching an exciting new book!
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Aesthetics and the City Book Launch
Join us for the launch of Aesthetics and the City, an edited book that explores the vital role of aesthetics in shaping urban experience
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aesthetics-and-the-city-book-launch-tickets-1665058728479
7 months ago
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Feminist City
7 months ago
Save the date! Organizing an online “People’s Papers” workshop on Sept 30th to hear from projects in Leeds (
@rememberlop.bsky.social
), Liverpool and Birmingham:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
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Feminist City
7 months ago
First
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Archiving the People's Papers: Learning from Leeds, Liverpool & Birmingham
Join us online to learn about the history of 1970s alternative newspapers, their archival preservation & their continued relevance for today
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-the-peoples-papers-learning-from-leeds-liverpool-birmingham-tickets-1567201565069?aff=oddtdtcreator
7 months ago
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Dr Poppy Budworth
7 months ago
✨ The Stitch Assembly is live at
#RGSIBG2025
in Birmingham! Whether you’re here in person or joining from afar, we want you to feel part of our creative community. Find your moment to stitch & share!
#StitchAssemblyRGS25
💫 🧵 A few snapshots so far 👇
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Healthier Futures at the University of Manchester
9 months ago
How can we make cities healthier & fairer places to live, work and play?
@ctemenos.bsky.social
investigates the intersecting challenges that exacerbate
#healthinequalities
.
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/c...
#healthierfuturesuom
#fairerhealthforall
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Sarah Marie Hall
8 months ago
Brings a whole new meaning to "Bread & Roses"! Speaking of, a small group of us have been coming together for c2yrs as the Bread & Roses Collective to think about radical care and activism in an unequal world. We have a logo and blurb: @austerityalters site will be updated soon with more info 🍞🌹
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Hannah D-C 🦐
8 months ago
Deadline to register for this conference is tomorrow :)
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Laura Pottinger
8 months ago
Prepping materials 🧵🏵️🧶for Stitch Assembly at
#RGS-IBG
Follow
#StitchAssemblyRGS25
for updates, reflections & stitched quilt squares from remote participants & our in-person session. If you’re in Birmingham we’d love to see you there!
@poppybudworth.bsky.social
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Jamie Doucette
8 months ago
Nice to see that the whole special issue on Korea's martial law crisis and prodemocracy protests is finally out as a complete collection:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcra20/5...
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Critical Asian Studies
Volume 57, Issue 3 of Critical Asian Studies
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcra20/57/3?nav=tocList
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Jamie Doucette
7 months ago
Great news after so many senseless, life destroying lawsuits against workers for exercising their freedom of association rights that should have always been recognised in law.
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‘Yellow Envelope’ bill passes despite business backlash
The National Assembly on Sunday passed a contentious labor bill championed by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, despite fierce objections from the oppositio
https://m.koreaherald.com/article/10560450
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Cristina Temenos
7 months ago
Looking forward to discussing Yu-Shan Tseng's Liquid Democracy at today's
#RGS
. An important read for anyone interested in understanding contemporary urban democracy!
@rgsibg.bsky.social
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